Bible-Era Earthquake Reveals Year of Jesus' Crucifixion

"Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday April 3, 33 A.D. The latest investigation, reported in the journal International Geology Review, focused on earthquake activity at the Dead Sea, located 13 miles from Jerusalem. The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 27, mentions that an earthquake coincided with the crucifixion."

'Marsquake' May Have Shaken Up Red Planet

"The surface of Mars appears to have been shaken by quakes relatively recently, hinting at the existence of active volcanoes and perhaps reservoirs of liquid water on the Red Planet, a new study suggests."

Russian Scientists Reach Lake Under Antarctica

"After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years — a lake that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets."

Earth Bulging Around Center

"A new analysis of satellite data shows that melting glaciers are contributing to a planet that is bulging around the center."

Geologists Sharply Cut Estimate of Shale Gas

"A shale formation has about 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas, according to the report from the United States Geological Survey."

Texas Once Linked to Antarctica, Researchers Say

"Texas may be suffering through a 100-plus degree heat wave, but long ago, the weather must have been surprisingly different. In fact, Texas and sub-zero Antarctica were linked 1.1 billion years ago, long before the supercontinent Pangaea formed, scientists said Monday."

Grand Canyon Born by Continental Lift

The answer as to what formed the Grand Canyon "may lie deep beneath the plateau’s chiseled landscape, a study in the April 28 Nature suggests. Hot rock welling up from below invades the plateau, causing blobs to drip off the bottom."

Scientists Say Quartz is Key to Understanding Quakes

"Underground quartz deposits worldwide may be behind earthquakes, mountain building and other continental tectonics, a discovery that may aid in predicting tremblers, according to a study released on Wednesday."